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he is a conservative republican, a former democratic member of congress jim jones and this study, this group looked at the question of torture and came to some amazing conclusions. number one, they said there is no doubt, no doubt, that the united states engaged in the practice of torture under the bush administration. this is just under george bush and dick cheney, number 1. we did engage in torture. it was illegal. it was against international law. number 3, we did it even though there is no firm or persuasive evidence, reading from the report, that they produced any valuable information or any information that we could not have gotten through other means, zero evidence of anything out of that torture. and he engaging in torture, from the bi-partisan report quote, damaged the standing of our nation reducedour capacity to enact moral 7censure and increased the danger to u.s. military personnel taken captive. we did it. it was illegal, we got nothing out of it. we damaged our standing, we made our own military -- put our own military more at risk and more in danger and then, finally th
he is a conservative republican, a former democratic member of congress jim jones and this study, this group looked at the question of torture and came to some amazing conclusions. number one, they said there is no doubt, no doubt, that the united states engaged in the practice of torture under the bush administration. this is just under george bush and dick cheney, number 1. we did engage in torture. it was illegal. it was against international law. number 3, we did it even though there is no...
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here we go middle of the week january 16th, jim lowe today here in our nation's capitol. >> that's where you will find us coming to you live from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c., our nation's capitol. we are just down the street from the united states capitol building. the house is back in session, and the white house, if you will of activity these days. the senate is still out, but everybody gearing up for the big announcement at the whitehouse today on the president's efforts to reduce gun violence coming out of the joe biden task force. great to see you today. we've got lots and lots. >> that's not the only thing we have to talk about. we will bring you up to everything happening in our nation's country and give you a chance to sound off. you know, you get up. you find out what's going on, it pisses you off or makes you happy or whatever. tell us what it means to you and your family. give us a call at 866-55-press. >> that's our toe-free number. you can follow us on twitter. we invite you to at bp show and on facebook. everybody is on facebook these days including us fa
here we go middle of the week january 16th, jim lowe today here in our nation's capitol. >> that's where you will find us coming to you live from our studio on capitol hill in washington, d.c., our nation's capitol. we are just down the street from the united states capitol building. the house is back in session, and the white house, if you will of activity these days. the senate is still out, but everybody gearing up for the big announcement at the whitehouse today on the president's...
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hey, jim, good to talk to you. >> good morning, bill. thanks for having me. >> bill: and neil king is also in studio with us as a friend of bill this hour. jim from your perspective, how has the sequester impacted your job? >> i can tell you bill as a controller for over 26 years at various facilities including the military, these are unique circumstances being forced off the job. >> bill: have you been furloughed? >> i am talking to you on my furlough day. >> bill: the first? >> yeah, between now september. >> bill: they have told you going to have to take one day a week. >> one day per pay period, and then fiscal year 2014 is looking like the same thing. >> and it's not as if you can be on furlough but decide i'm going to go work anyway. >> that's correct. you can't be called in for overtime, nothing. and that touches on something else. when i'm on my furlough day to save 8 hours of pay, they came up with a new overtime program, where if they need to call on overtime, they are allowed to call some for pay and a half but i can't make my
hey, jim, good to talk to you. >> good morning, bill. thanks for having me. >> bill: and neil king is also in studio with us as a friend of bill this hour. jim from your perspective, how has the sequester impacted your job? >> i can tell you bill as a controller for over 26 years at various facilities including the military, these are unique circumstances being forced off the job. >> bill: have you been furloughed? >> i am talking to you on my furlough day....
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you have to have that moral discussion which jim leads us into. >> bill: it's tricky, jim. i've always felt with my involvement in -- as a former seminarian and person of faith involved in politics, you don't want to enforce your morality on anybody else but at the same time, for certain issues, there is a moral dimension to these issues that you can't avoid and shouldn't avoid and maybe that's what we're talking about when we're talking about the common good. >> that's right. >> you're both raising really important questions here which we should unpack for a minute. first of all as a person of faith, i want to say religion has no monopoly on morality. i want people to hear me say that. >> bill: amen. >> when dr. king, when dr. king spoke, he didn't say i expect to win because i'm a christian in a judeio christian country. that's not what he did. he said i have to win debate. about the common good. i have to explain why a civil rights law in 1964, voting rights '65 is necessary not just for black baptists or jews but for the common good. so when religion wants to control to
you have to have that moral discussion which jim leads us into. >> bill: it's tricky, jim. i've always felt with my involvement in -- as a former seminarian and person of faith involved in politics, you don't want to enforce your morality on anybody else but at the same time, for certain issues, there is a moral dimension to these issues that you can't avoid and shouldn't avoid and maybe that's what we're talking about when we're talking about the common good. >> that's right....
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follow jim at washingtonpost.com. i'll tell you what the president and vice president are up to today when we come back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ç] you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly satirical point of view. if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >> bill: okay, okay, okay. the next hour, will d
follow jim at washingtonpost.com. i'll tell you what the president and vice president are up to today when we come back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ç] you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would...
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good morning, jim. i fully agree with jim. in fact, we have read a number of jim's book in our book discussion at church fully agree matthew 25 is the ultimate bottom line and to bill's frustration about republicans wearing their religion on their sleeves, what i have been fond of saying is that these folks go to church one hour a week on sunday but then the other six hours -- or rather six days and 23 hours of the week forget about anything they were taught or learned on sunday morning. >> well, we need some more mund through friday christians for sure. this election year was kind of a discouraging year for watching politics. i took three months off, bill, to do a sabbatical to write this book. and my discipline was not to come on your show but watch it. it was depressing to watch >> bill: i am sure. >> the book is called "on god's side: what religion for guessed and politics hasn't learned about serving the common good." it's really a biblical theological, philosophical defense of the common good with a practical application
good morning, jim. i fully agree with jim. in fact, we have read a number of jim's book in our book discussion at church fully agree matthew 25 is the ultimate bottom line and to bill's frustration about republicans wearing their religion on their sleeves, what i have been fond of saying is that these folks go to church one hour a week on sunday but then the other six hours -- or rather six days and 23 hours of the week forget about anything they were taught or learned on sunday morning....
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jim, about another minute. i've got to ask you. numbers i saw last week, we talk about the minimum wage. poverty, 46.2 million americans living in poverty in this country. and a.p. reported that 80% of americans, four out of five americans have experienced some kind of economic insecurity in their lives. is this stunning for the richest country on earth, right? >> it is historic. and what it could do is bring us together. this is across racial lines. it is poor families, working class families who are working and not making enough money. white, black and hispanic. and this -- it goes to show us we've got to look at this as something happens to not just them but to us, to all of us. and if we can get behind something that really looks at how to change our infrastructure, the infrastructure of our country and of our families, these are mostly single mom families and they're struggling just to survive. they're all us now. no them anymore. it is all us. that's where this is a matter of solidarity and loving our neb as ourselves. it is
jim, about another minute. i've got to ask you. numbers i saw last week, we talk about the minimum wage. poverty, 46.2 million americans living in poverty in this country. and a.p. reported that 80% of americans, four out of five americans have experienced some kind of economic insecurity in their lives. is this stunning for the richest country on earth, right? >> it is historic. and what it could do is bring us together. this is across racial lines. it is poor families, working class...
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they should get two imminent -- the people we could trust, george mitchell and a jim baker. let them look at the record and give us a report this is the death of a sdmroment diplomat. have two people diplomat in the. >> focus on the people who did the attack rather than the people who were attacked this is going to be a sore spot. it's going to be one more in the list of issues that right wingers view as part of the grand conspiracy of the evil government and you will never push those folks back. get a good record about what did and didn't happen. critique the performance of people involved and move on to the next issue. >> bill: i think that's the only way. it wasn't satisfactory everybody. most people and be able to move on as we do have to do right now. eliot spitzer, thank you for being with us. >> enjoy wednesday mornings wouldn't be the same if i couldn't be here. >> bill: talk to you on the next one then. we will we will be back. see you. >> heard around the country and seen on current tv this is "the bill press show." >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the d
they should get two imminent -- the people we could trust, george mitchell and a jim baker. let them look at the record and give us a report this is the death of a sdmroment diplomat. have two people diplomat in the. >> focus on the people who did the attack rather than the people who were attacked this is going to be a sore spot. it's going to be one more in the list of issues that right wingers view as part of the grand conspiracy of the evil government and you will never push those...
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jim, nice that you have maybe a week between special races or something here. so we'll let you kick back. we thank you for all of the good work you've done on this one and for sharing of some your insights with us this morning. good to have you with us. >> thanks, guys. >> bill: jim o'sullivan is political reporter and reporter up at the "boston globe." what a fun place to cover politics. >> no kidding. jim, these guys that are just every little thing they're deeply in it and really, really good. >> bill: we'll be back. the supreme court the big one on marriage equality. coming down today. we'll get into that and a whole lot more with you and neil king when we come back. >> go mobile with bill press. download podcasts at billpressshow.com and listen any time anywhere. this is the "bill press show." you know who is coming on to me now? you know the kind of guys that do reverse mortgage commercials? those types are coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments
jim, nice that you have maybe a week between special races or something here. so we'll let you kick back. we thank you for all of the good work you've done on this one and for sharing of some your insights with us this morning. good to have you with us. >> thanks, guys. >> bill: jim o'sullivan is political reporter and reporter up at the "boston globe." what a fun place to cover politics. >> no kidding. jim, these guys that are just every little thing they're deeply...
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they won the match, still no word on what the president's handicap is but jim crain says he did break 90 in the round. >> bill: i remember a friend of mine in california playing golf with the president, and someone asked him who won? and his answer was the president always wins. >> that's right. >> and just one day after buger king's twitter handle had been hacked, jeep's twitter handle has been tacked saying it has been bought by chrysler. >> mtv got hacked yesterday too. >> that was a promotion stunt. >> god. >> bill: what are we doing about getting hacked? >> it is so in right now. >> bill: we need a good lawyer. that's what we need. i got one. he is the cnn legal analyst and ours, the one and only avery friedman. avery we need you man. >> oh, yeah. i think i'll enter a plea of insanity, how about that? [ laughter ] >> bill: i thought oscar pistorius might try that. i want to start with that. we know he shot his girlfriend. he admits he shot his girlfriend. will his story hold up do you think? >> at this point he is just trying to get himself out of jail. this is a bond hear going
they won the match, still no word on what the president's handicap is but jim crain says he did break 90 in the round. >> bill: i remember a friend of mine in california playing golf with the president, and someone asked him who won? and his answer was the president always wins. >> that's right. >> and just one day after buger king's twitter handle had been hacked, jeep's twitter handle has been tacked saying it has been bought by chrysler. >> mtv got hacked yesterday...
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under president jim hoffa. we all live better because of their good work. you can find out more about their good work at their web site teamster.org. where you can also find out more about a big labor dispute out in chicago. you know, we're proud to be the morning offering, head the morning line-up at wcpt and its of affiliates out in chicago. and we heard about this labor dispute in chicago revolving around the dignity memorial funeral homes. we want to find out more about that. joining us on our news line, angela anello is representative of local 727 of the teamsters in chicago. hi angela. good to have you with us this morning. >> good morning, bill. how are you? >> bill: we're good. so tell us, what's your beaver with dignity memorial? >> well, bill, first of all i wanted to point out that sci which stands for service corporation international operates under the brand name of the memorial. >> bill: parent company. >> yes, it is the parent company. that's correct. your listeners might not be familiar with sci but they may be familiar with a dignity memori
under president jim hoffa. we all live better because of their good work. you can find out more about their good work at their web site teamster.org. where you can also find out more about a big labor dispute out in chicago. you know, we're proud to be the morning offering, head the morning line-up at wcpt and its of affiliates out in chicago. and we heard about this labor dispute in chicago revolving around the dignity memorial funeral homes. we want to find out more about that. joining us on...
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brother is right on the this one. >> i don't agree with that but i like jim's comments, you know jim said little jack is going to be playing football. right? one less kid to compete against. i like that comment. ball is a great game. and anybody that's played the game knows what a great game is and what it provides for young people, what it provided for people like me, you know an opportunity to grow as a person. >> tell us john, how great is ball really? >> basically, you know, you have an opportunity to make your first tackle or make your first block or do something in football because it's such a tough thing. it's a little bit of a manhood test and when you get done you can say i am a football player. that makes me special a little bit. i think it's a huge part of our educational system in this country, and it's going to be around for a long time. >> guess what. i was on the debate team in high school. makes me special. let's not go. >> a little over the top. >> what do you think? is the president right in the 866-55-press. you have to admit. ball is a violent game. no doubt about
brother is right on the this one. >> i don't agree with that but i like jim's comments, you know jim said little jack is going to be playing football. right? one less kid to compete against. i like that comment. ball is a great game. and anybody that's played the game knows what a great game is and what it provides for young people, what it provided for people like me, you know an opportunity to grow as a person. >> tell us john, how great is ball really? >> basically, you...
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jim inhofe and tom coburn, fema's biggest opponents in congress have consistently voted against anymore funding for fema. but fortunately, the people of oklahoma will still get all of the help they need from fema because most members of congress are not as cold-hearted as tom coburn and jim inhover. but you know, i think from now on, there should be a rule. you can't vote against relief for people in other parts of the country and then stick out your hand for federal dollars once disaster hits your own state. that's only a fair rule, don't you think? [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: hello current tv land. jacki schechner, you're my higher power in the current news center and i have a confession to make. i'm officially a spinaholic. i'm going every day now. >> every day? you were spinning every day but now you're a soul cycle. >> we mentioned a brand name. >> oops! not like i was wanting free classes for anything. >> what? [ ♪ magic wand ♪ ] >> stephanie: we
jim inhofe and tom coburn, fema's biggest opponents in congress have consistently voted against anymore funding for fema. but fortunately, the people of oklahoma will still get all of the help they need from fema because most members of congress are not as cold-hearted as tom coburn and jim inhover. but you know, i think from now on, there should be a rule. you can't vote against relief for people in other parts of the country and then stick out your hand for federal dollars once disaster hits...
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modern day jim crow laws. it's ridiculous trying to intimidate people from going to the poles. it's unfortunate people pass those laws. again we have a balance of power in this country. legislative processes at the state level, federal level and the supreme court determines whether or not something is constitutional or not. we have a system that works and may work this time. >> bill: it's refreshing to see them with that law by 7 to 2 particularly with antonin scalia casting the right vote. you used a word earlier in our conversation that we don't hear much any more that is the word jobs. what's the depressed doing about jobs? is there any effort at all, you know am?? >> there are a lot of bills that have been introduced directly affecting the ability to put the country back to work. unfortunately most of those bills aren't even seeing light of day in committee. they are certainly not getting to the floor. i would hope and wish that we would focus on those issues but again, the leadership in our house on the majority is boehner, and the republican party, but this is the crazy t
modern day jim crow laws. it's ridiculous trying to intimidate people from going to the poles. it's unfortunate people pass those laws. again we have a balance of power in this country. legislative processes at the state level, federal level and the supreme court determines whether or not something is constitutional or not. we have a system that works and may work this time. >> bill: it's refreshing to see them with that law by 7 to 2 particularly with antonin scalia casting the right...
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and where is jim? what have you done with jim? >> oh there's jim. >> stephanie: there's jim. momma takes one day off and what has happened? >> how did your
and where is jim? what have you done with jim? >> oh there's jim. >> stephanie: there's jim. momma takes one day off and what has happened? >> how did your
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. >> stephanie: jim's excuse for being late is gastrointestinal distress. yours involves a smoke alarm. >> i'm not sure how it knows how to go off at quarter to 5:00 as i'm leaving the house. >> stephanie: she still has no makeup on. >> you are beautiful holy cow. >> you're very sweet. >> you should go
. >> stephanie: jim's excuse for being late is gastrointestinal distress. yours involves a smoke alarm. >> i'm not sure how it knows how to go off at quarter to 5:00 as i'm leaving the house. >> stephanie: she still has no makeup on. >> you are beautiful holy cow. >> you're very sweet. >> you should go
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there are some folks like jim inhofe, the ranking member on the senate armed services, who will vote no. >> is itt doesn't have to be 100%. >> the bottom line is there aren't enough republicans out there saying no. and there aren't any democrats saying they are not going to back him in order to make the confirmation not a reality. >> it looks like -- tell me if i am wrong. it looks to me with john mccain like it's gotten personal. john mccain is trying to prove he was right about the surge. he was wrong about the surge. >> so uncomfortable. >> petty? >> the two of them. >> it got a little weird. >> it got weird. >> it got weird. the bottom line is, a lot of people who have criticized john mccain said this was child issue. the senate should not have brought up the surge because that was years ago and that's not -- that decision haven't going to be before the next secretary of defense. we have new problems or new hot spots in the world. that's in the past. he should have left it there. >> that's what a lot of folks are saying about that weird exchange >> bill: to the extent that we kno
there are some folks like jim inhofe, the ranking member on the senate armed services, who will vote no. >> is itt doesn't have to be 100%. >> the bottom line is there aren't enough republicans out there saying no. and there aren't any democrats saying they are not going to back him in order to make the confirmation not a reality. >> it looks like -- tell me if i am wrong. it looks to me with john mccain like it's gotten personal. john mccain is trying to prove he was right...
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and tina dupuy, so jim that make that creepy sound. >> ahhhhh. >> we'll continue wenting
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. >> like jim bob duggar. >> do they have a name? >> i don't see a name. >> bill: they can't have 22 grandchildren. they have five sons. >> crank them out. the romney family. >> bill: president obama has the daily briefing at 9:45. at 10:45 he will be meeting -- he met with the congressional black caucus with the hispanic caucus. today he's meeting with the congressional asian pacific american caucus. and then this afternoon, he's going to do one of the things he loves, welcoming a sports team to the white house this afternoon. it is the ncaa men's basketball champions from march madness louisville. the louisville cardinals at 2:10 in the east room of the white house which should be a great event. jay carney has his daily press briefing today in the briefing room at 11:45. we'll be there and tell you all about it tomorrow. back with jamal simmons here on the "full court press." >> bill: welcome to the "full court press" on this tuesday morning, july 23rd. so good to see you today. you're look good. you look better than geraldo did. t
. >> like jim bob duggar. >> do they have a name? >> i don't see a name. >> bill: they can't have 22 grandchildren. they have five sons. >> crank them out. the romney family. >> bill: president obama has the daily briefing at 9:45. at 10:45 he will be meeting -- he met with the congressional black caucus with the hispanic caucus. today he's meeting with the congressional asian pacific american caucus. and then this afternoon, he's going to do one of the...
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. >> jim irwin says regarding john mccain one quote fits all with him. get off my lawn. get off my lawn. >> bill: totally. let's go out to aurora, illinois. donald, what's up? good morning. >> i support what the egyptians did. i think they did the right thing. the guy was no good, bringing the country down. but to let you take it from there, who is the muslim brotherhood? you take it from there. >> bill: the muslim brotherhood is an islamic political organization, at one time classified as a terrorist organization. no longer. sort of like the plo they decided the way to get things done finally came around was to get involved in the political process. and they did. but you know, you say right away the guy was no good. he was bringing the country down. a lot of people said that about george bush. i did. a lot of people say that about barack obama. what do you do? you turn it over to the military? you have an election and a year later, you have the military thrown out? that's not democracy. come on. joanne in san francisco hi, joanne. >> hi. we started out with the articles
. >> jim irwin says regarding john mccain one quote fits all with him. get off my lawn. get off my lawn. >> bill: totally. let's go out to aurora, illinois. donald, what's up? good morning. >> i support what the egyptians did. i think they did the right thing. the guy was no good, bringing the country down. but to let you take it from there, who is the muslim brotherhood? you take it from there. >> bill: the muslim brotherhood is an islamic political organization, at one...
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>> stephanie: the day after jim is sick, we get a few too many details about -- >> it is not safe for working. >> are we on a need-to-know basis? >> stephanie: one way or another, we find a way to say corn, when did i eat corn? >> oh, no, no, no, no. >> stephanie: that's our favorite. >> no. >> stephanie, line you just went over
>> stephanie: the day after jim is sick, we get a few too many details about -- >> it is not safe for working. >> are we on a need-to-know basis? >> stephanie: one way or another, we find a way to say corn, when did i eat corn? >> oh, no, no, no, no. >> stephanie: that's our favorite. >> no. >> stephanie, line you just went over